Re: where is the "use compact layout" feature?

[Lucas Deters <lucas tre-sc gov br>]

Hi, Cosimo,

Thank you for your response... 

I always liked the layout tighter because it has the ergonomics of the "Icon View" compromised with an better use of space (It can show up to 100% more files than the "non-compact" option of icon view).. It would be great to get the "tighter layout" back to nautilus, perhaps even as an less obscure preference... :)

Best regards,

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Lucas


On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc gnome org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 12:27 -0300, Lucas Deters wrote:
> > Let me reformulate my question: there is some plan to re-implement the
> > "tighter layout" option in nautilus?
> >
> >
> > http://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=1d3d4a1e954fcc15f2a9c7d933e7bc65c5330cc3
>
> Hi Lucas,
>
> this option was removed from Nautilus 3.0 to reduce the number of very
> similar ways in which icons can be arranged in an icon view;
> note that Nautilus already has the Compact View, which is pretty similar
> in functionality to the tighter layout option.
>
> There are quite some bugs in Nautilus bugzilla with useful proposals on
> a better algorithm for distributing padding and empty space around icons
> in Icon View, and I think that's also something worth exploring in order
> to have a better experience for everyone (i.e. not hidden behind a
> "unbreak my icon view" obscure preference), but unfortunately there
> haven't been enough manpower available to implement those proposals yet.
>
> Cosimo
>